Mata ne, Stillwind.
Posted by DM Ashura - Sun 02/08 2009 - 07:27 PM - 32213 Views
I regret to inform you all that we have lost one of the great minds behind the Bemani series.
Jason Michael "Stillwind" Borenstein, known to the Bemani community as not only the recent audio director for Dance Dance Revolution in Japan, but also the famous face of Michael A La Mode in Tutorial Mode for Beatmania IIDX, passed away on Saturday night, February 7, 2009, of a ruptured aorta.
He worked at Konami of Hawaii until 2006 as audio director of the XBox DDR series. When the Hawaii office was closed down, he was given the opportunity to move to Tokyo and work directly with Konami of Japan. He since lent his help to DDR SuperNOVA 2 and DDR X. I had the opportunity to meet him in the summer of 2007 when I went to Japan. He was a very easy-going, laid back guy who always knew how to bring a smile to people's faces. He left us far too soon, and will be dearly missed.
ご冥福をお祈りします。
In Michael A La Mode's words...
Mata ne.
Rating: 36 Positive | 5 Negative
Comments
Posted by dougk_ff7 - Sun 02/08 2009 - 08:03 PM [ quote ]
Thank you for your excellent work within the Bemani series. You've helped make many people happy, and you will surely be missed.
Posted by WEABOO - Sun 02/08 2009 - 08:15 PM [ quote ]
what the FUCK man
Posted by K0LD - Sun 02/08 2009 - 08:16 PM [ quote ]
First Captain Jack, and now Michael a la Mode....
Another life snuffed out far too early.
Posted by Kσn - Sun 02/08 2009 - 08:16 PM [ quote ]
god dammit. :(
Posted by MrTM2 - Sun 02/08 2009 - 08:18 PM [ quote ]
You will always be GOLD! Thanks for all your hard work.
Posted by RADIORAMA - Sun 02/08 2009 - 08:19 PM [ quote ]
I may not agree with his vision for the series but this is just awful news. Perhaps the next game from Tokyo will be directed by someone else but I certainly will never forget his work. Such a young man, in his late 30s, at most early 40s.
Posted by KitaKeru - Sun 02/08 2009 - 08:22 PM [ quote ]
Farewell, Stillwind. :(
Posted by Amuro - Sun 02/08 2009 - 08:27 PM [ quote ]
Terrible news.
Let us all join together and make it make money once more in his honor.
Posted by Robo2001 - Sun 02/08 2009 - 08:30 PM [ quote ]
WTF
damn ...see you...
Posted by TheViking - Sun 02/08 2009 - 08:30 PM [ quote ]
This is sad news indeed. Nevertheless, we look on the bright side via his many achievements to BEMANI music games. Indeed, you will be missed by your fans
RIP
Posted by ranatalus - Mon 02/09 2009 - 07:12 AM [ quote ]
Quote:
Originally Posted by zonic505
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jops
First, Handsome Jet.
Second, The vocalist of NRG Factory.
Now, Stillwind Borenstein aka the face of Michael a la mode.
Wait, the vocalist from NRG Factory died?! WTF did that happen??
Can I just say something? Why is this getting positive ratings? "Crap, a beloved member of Bemani has died, so I'm gonna click the +"?
Giving a news article a "+" rating doesn't mean that you like this particular story, but that you feel this was the type of thing you want bemanistyle posting as news articles. A news story of "NAOKI bought a 360" should be rated minus because that is useless information and no one cares. Bemani staff dying is kind of a big deal and IS something that should be reported, so you should give it a "+".
that being said
I really don't have words for this. bye, stillwind :(
Posted by linus - Mon 02/09 2009 - 10:05 AM [ quote ]
Where did you hear this from? This is not announced anywhere... except bemanistyle... and DM ashura... I'm still in disbelief. I hope it's not true ._.
wow... what's next?, perhaps is going to another world... is so sad... R.I.P.
Posted by Ashura96 - Mon 02/09 2009 - 10:35 AM [ quote ]
Quote:
Originally Posted by linus
Where did you hear this from? This is not announced anywhere... except bemanistyle... and DM ashura... I'm still in disbelief. I hope it's not true ._.
DM Ashura works for Konami. I don't think anyone is going to make up shit like this.
Posted by Oni-91 - Mon 02/09 2009 - 10:56 AM [ quote ]
This is a huge shock. And so soon. Thanks for everything that you've done, Stillwind.
Posted by kannazuki - Mon 02/09 2009 - 11:48 AM [ quote ]
Does this mean that there won't be anymore DJ Yoshitaka feat. Michael a la mode songs? :( Oh well, even if they weren't the best musically they were always fun to listen to.
First, Handsome Jet.
Second, The vocalist of NRG Factory.
Now, Stillwind Borenstein aka the face of Michael a la mode.
Wait, the vocalist from NRG Factory died?! WTF did that happen??
Can I just say something? Why is this getting positive ratings? "Crap, a beloved member of Bemani has died, so I'm gonna click the +"?
Giving a news article a "+" rating doesn't mean that you like this particular story, but that you feel this was the type of thing you want bemanistyle posting as news articles. A news story of "NAOKI bought a 360" should be rated minus because that is useless information and no one cares. Bemani staff dying is kind of a big deal and IS something that should be reported, so you should give it a "+".
that being said
I really don't have words for this. bye, stillwind :(
When this was introduced, it wasn't really made clear enough that it was supposed to be used like that.
Have any details about his death been released like where he died, memorial services, etc? Or is this a completely confidential matter? Did he leave a wife with kids?
Posted by ranatalus - Wed 02/11 2009 - 07:17 AM [ quote ]
Quote:
Originally Posted by hooky123
When this was introduced, it wasn't really made clear enough that it was supposed to be used like that.
Yeah, there seems to be a lot of confusion on the subject.
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